CVE-2023-5838
Insufficient Session Expiration in linkstackorg/linkstack
Insufficient Session Expiration in GitHub repository linkstackorg/linkstack prior to v4.2.9.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Insufficient Session Expiration in linkstackorg/linkstack
Insufficient Session Expiration in GitHub repository linkstackorg/linkstack prior to v4.2.9.
- Record
CVE-2023-5838- CVSS 3.0
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-613
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-58120
Insufficient Session Expiration in GitHub repository linkstackorg/linkstack prior to v4.2.9.
- Record
EUVD-2023-58120- CVSS 3.0
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q95v-68h8-44x6
Insufficient Session Expiration in GitHub repository linkstackorg/linkstack prior to v4.2.9.
Insufficient Session Expiration in GitHub repository linkstackorg/linkstack prior to v4.2.9.
- Record
GHSA-q95v-68h8-44x6- CVSS 3.0
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-613
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Insufficient Session Expiration in GitHub repository linkstackorg/linkstack prior to v4.2.9.
- Record
CVE-2023-5838- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-613
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Insufficient Session Expiration in linkstackorg/linkstack
Insufficient Session Expiration in GitHub repository linkstackorg/linkstack prior to v4.2.9.
- Record
CVE-2023-5838- CVSS 3.0
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-613
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-5838 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.1) in Linkstack, published October 29, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.59%, the 48th percentile. No source names a fixed version.